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New York Town Built by Guns Worries About Calls for Stricter Laws

Recent mass shootings have galvanized advocates of tougher gun laws in Albany, and residents of a community whose economy are indelibly linked to one of America’s more celebrated gunmakers are starting to worry.

August 24, 2012

Recent mass shootings have galvanized advocates of tougher gun laws in Albany, and residents of a community whose economy are indelibly linked to one of America’s more celebrated gunmakers are starting to worry.

A man who opened fire on the crowded streets outside the Empire State Building in New York City, shooting indiscriminately and hitting multiple people, appears to have been motivated by a workplace dispute, not terrorism, according to an FBI official who received the initial reports from police on the scene.
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